Halloween.....

is coming..... are you ready?

we are getting there....
costumes: check
candy: check
decorations: sorta check

wondering why I buy candy, since we only seem to eat a large portion of it before the actual day arrives, which means we just end up buying more...good grief talk about no will power.

Costumes , Rose is going to be a pumpkin, Yahaira is a butterfly and Anthony is going to be Lightening McQueen. I find that this time I'm not so stressed about creating the perfect costume, flashback to the kids early years and the quest to create and build the best costume. Yeah they were cool, and unique but I find that now if it's ready made and it's something they want to be why not? who says you have to spend days or weeks making a costume, (only to have it fall apart the night of trick or treating), is the only way to go... ready made, works for me these days...(yikes! perhaps I'm getting wiser with age?)

Decorations: jury is still out on that one, on one hand I feel like I should decorate since the little ones would get such a kick out of it, but on the other hand I remember way to vividly putting all that stuff away after the season, usually in snow and definately in cold weather.... not fun! somewhere there is a happy medium.... did hang a few ghosts and pumpkin decorations from the tree, and the kids were so excited. As for the house down the street all decorated, I'll just drive a different route until the season is over, that way the kids won't have a clue what potential there is for decorating....simple enough. Don't try to figure out my logic it truly would hurt your head. :)

Next on the agenda a trip to the pumpkin patch, this I am actually excited about (wouldn't be that clean up for a pumpkin is throwing it in the dumpster, good grief I'm getting lazy) weather permitting it looks like this weekend we will visit the great pumpkin patch.

Kelly sent the kids some halloween goodies, they were so excited, the play phones are a hit, we may need to discuss with kelly the fact that the sound of those phones has been playing in my head all night long...she must have missed the memo on my lack of sleep.

enjoy your day, the sun is shining here, how can it not be a great day?
Deb